NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M and ATI Radeon HD 3850 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

ATI Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 668 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 31 billion / sec vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 43 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2009 vs 19 November 2007
Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 668 MHz
Texture fill rate	31 billion / sec vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	43 vs 30

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

2.9x more pipelines: 320 vs 112
Around 39% better floating-point performance: 427.5 gflops vs 308 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 393 vs 379
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3345 vs 3085
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 3085

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	320 vs 112
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops vs 308 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	393 vs 379
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 3085
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 3085

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

379

393

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3085

3345

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3085

3345

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M	ATI Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	379	393
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3085	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3085	3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M	ATI Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	RV670
Launch date	3 March 2009	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1451	1453
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Technical info
Core clock speed	1375 MHz	668 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	308 gflops	427.5 gflops
Gigaflops	462
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	112	320
Texture fill rate	31 billion / sec	10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Length		208 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	61 GB / s	53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1660 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD